Disclaimer: Oriental Trading is seriously one of my favorite resources for my classroom. They do send me items for promotion in exchange for a blog post/review. However, I truly am happy with these products and I am glad to tell my teacher friends all about their products.

Another sticker product from Oriental Trading were these mini smiley faces. I have done these counting mats for several years with stickers but I found these little emoji looking ones this year that were perfect.

They are perfect because they have exactly 100 stickers on a sheet (with 10 different faces!) so they are PERFECT for the counting mats.

Disclaimer: Oriental Trading is seriously one of my favorite resources for my classroom. They do send me items for promotion in exchange for a blog post/review. However, I truly am happy with these products and I am glad to tell my teacher friends all about their products.

January 21, 2018

I have played Tic Tac Toe on and off for years with my first graders. But, this year.. we have taken it to a WHOLE new level. We play tic tac toe to decide who gets to do something (winner gets to go first, winner gets to pick first, etc…) and we have recently been having Tic Tac Toe tournaments. Where they play until only one person is left and is the classroom winner!

Our weather has been yucky the last two weeks and I catch my students playing tic tac toe as a free choice during inside recess time. It is a win/win for all!

I put all my game pieces together in a file and uploaded it to Teachers Pay Teachers this morning. (link below)

This pack includes a game board (you can print as many copies as you want) and 36 different game pieces. There are choices for holidays, animals, school supplies, sports, and so much more!

If you are interested you can check it out in my store or the link below.